Womens History Month Important Female Musicians Singers Women's ELA Lesson

This fully editable lesson plan, worksheet and template for a Women's History Month activity where students learn about important female musicians and singers who made a difference! Use this activity to encourage open-mindedness and build an inclusive classroom community that embraces and celebrates Women's History and the important contributions of female musicians and singers in the music industry -- historically and current-day! Students will learn about 16 different female musicians and singers who made (or are making) a significant contribution or impact to the music world, and will then get to pick one to research further in small groups, and then create a slide to share with the class!

For homework, have students write a reflection about the important contributions of female musicians and singers and the obstacles that they had to overcome to achieve greatness.

The product includes:

• Women's History Month - Significant Female Musicians / Singers Lesson Plan: Complete lesson plan for guiding students through notes and independent activity where students learn about 16 important female musicians and then pick one to research further in small groups.
• Student Handout: For students to complete the Do Now, collect notes, collect research, and fill in information about the musicians.
• Homework Reflection Paragraph: For homework, assign students a written reflection where they consider the impact of the female musicians that they learned about during class.
• 16 Short Paragraphs on Important Female Musicians and Singers: Introduce students to 16 significant female musicians with these short paragraphs that include images and are accessible and provide key details about life and legacy.